Tag Archives: contesting

Twitter Contest Alerts via @DXAnywhere

Last weekend I coded up a simple contest calendar system for DXAnywhere the idea for this is to allow people to filter alerts if it was a contest weekend, but after a while I thought with all this information it would make a good web service.
Tweets get sent out every Wednesday at 13:30 UTC I [...]

RSGB HFC 2008 – Day Three

Sunday lectures came a little too soon, but never the less slightly hung over Paul (M0TZO) and myself made it in time for breakfast to coat our stomachs ready for another day! First lecture attended was Technology and Operating Procedures at VP6DX by Eric Scace K3NA, this provided in insight of what needs to be [...]

RSGB HFC 2008 – Day Two

Day two of the HFC arrived a bit too soon after a late night of boozing, but some how we managed to get up early and make it in time for a proper English breakfast! which sorted us out ready for a good day of lectures. I decided to sit in on the Contest University [...]

IARU HF Championship Contest

Normally I put in a serious effort for the IARU contest, but this year it all went a wrong from Friday morning. When I noticed I was having issues with my newly grafted left eye, the hospital gave me eye drops and sent me on my way with a follow up appointment for Saturday morning. [...]